Just caught the end of that clip too

I was running out of the house too. The piece looked a bit odd to me, but couldn't really tell anything from the glimse I caught. Just the subject started ringing alarm bells. GWAB mixed with the lion. Scale looked a little odd and looked more painted than stenciled.

Pics here: news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Banksy-Mystery-Secretive-Artist-Suspected-Of-Graffiti-Mural-At-Princess-Of-Wales-Pub-Primrose-Hill/Article/201006215646880?lpos=Strange_News_Second_Home_Page_Feature_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15646880_Banksy_Mystery%3A_Secretive_Artist_Suspected_Of_Graffiti_Mural_At_Princess_Of_Wales_Pub%2C_Primrose_Hill

Could this be the elusive Banksy caught in the act?

A pub landlord was furious when he found a graffiti vandal had daubed paint on the wall of his newly decorated beer garden — until he realised it could be a valuable one-off by the world-famous guerilla artist.

Lawrence Santi, 28, and his wife Karen, 30, are determined to keep this mural of a lion and a girl holding a heart-shaped balloon at the Princess of Wales in Primrose Hill.

The pub's CCTV camera filmed a hoodie-wearing figure creating the artwork in the dead of night.
The footage shows him erecting a portable spot light on a chair while he sets to work using a step ladder.

Mr and Mrs Santi told the Standard they are delighted with their unexpected new paint job.
Genuine Banksy murals can be worth hundreds of thousands of pounds — but even if it turns out just to have been one of the Bristol artist's imitators, the couple vowed to keep it.

Mrs Santi said: “I think it's fantastic. It's quite a talking point in the pub. Lawrence was angry at first, saying look at the damage'. We have only recently decorated the garden and put the mirrors up so he wasn't happy. He was going to paint over it but I talked him out of it. Now we are wondering if it's a famous artist or if it's worth something, but even if it's not we think it's great.”

Mrs Santi added: “It's very exciting that our CCTV caught him in the act and you can just about see the side of his face at one point. It's amazing that in the darkness and pouring rain he can produce something so good.”

Banksy's spokeswoman was unavailable for comment.

Story from www.thisislondon.co.uk

Looks more like Fake's work or even Iamdoom to me
Could also be L.E.T

Blatant attempt by the pub to get some publicity. "Landlady Karen Santi said: "It looks very good. My husband was going to paint over it and people came in and said, 'Don’t touch it!' Everybody thinks it’s pretty much real."

"As the day unfolded, we thought, ‘You know what, it's nice.'"

Rumour has it, she added, that there is ongoing rivalry between Banksy and a local street artist, which could have prompted the new graffiti."

Yeah, right...

^ That was my first thought too.

Seems to also be a bit too bold with the black, and the lines a bit too crisp. Also, the location doesn't seem to be a place where Banksy would leave his mark.

Brilliant publicity stunt though.

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choeck , Banksy's new "muriel" apparently,

meaning behind it ? Football, Politics, Israel, Peter?.,Zoo, HA ,,, Run for your lives,? hint by the owners for the owners prehaps?

Look at the girl's foot! Not Mr B.

no way is that banksy

Robbo is bald.


edit:

shocking

not even worth arguing over the fact that it is highly unlikely that Banksy would do, or did this. Stupid hype for the pub owners. Good luck to them though; a novel idea, idiots!

Mmm, a piece of work that has no originality or clever idea behind it, whilst also stealing elements from another artist.

Isn't this a Mr Brainwash?